International Development Grant
Sexual and Reproductive Health Care - Phase II
Project Number: CA-3-A033450001
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $2,300,000.00
Start Date: March 07, 2007
End Date: February 26, 2009
Duration: 2.0 years
Project Description
This project is a continuation of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care - Phase I. <p> With the assistance of CIDA the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) worked with Guatemala's Ministry of Health and Guatemalan civil society to increase the demand for supply of access to and quality of reproductive health care services for all Guatemalans. <p> Guatemala's maternal mortality rate is among the highest in Latin America. Conditions in rural areas and the dispersion of Guatemalan communities limit availability and access to health care services. In order to reduce maternal mortality and provide quality reproductive health care UNFPA works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health to increase its capacity to: <br> (i) deliver quality and culturally sensitive sexual and reproductive health care services including family planning and counselling; <br> (ii) manage the contraceptive needs of the country by increasing its capacity to plan and pay for contraceptive procurement and distribution; <br> (iii) undertake educational campaigns with medical and nursing schools; <br> (iv) organize information campaigns with the public at large through radio programming; and <br> (v) strengthen the capacity of local health clinics to manage the contraceptive supply and stock of the Ministry of Health increasing its capacity to analyse and project demand.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results as of March 2011 (end of project) include: 1) During the implementation of the project the Ministry of Health continually maintained more than 85% of its health services supplied with at least three family planning methods. 2) The use of the planning methods offered by the Ministry’s service providers increased between 2002 and 2010 to 310%. 3) 4 899 people were trained in family planning during the project’s implementation. 4) 80% of Guatemala’s public health providers were trained on the Contraceptives Accessibility Law. 5) A specific budget line was created by the Health Ministry for the purchase of contraceptives. 6) At the beginning of the project in 2002 the Ministry of Health provided only 5% of the financing for the purchase of contraceptives. By the end of the project they now finance 100% of the purchase. At the end of the project Guatemalans now have better access to reproductive health care services.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
NGM Americas
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP